Side effects of antiscalants on biofouling of reverse osmosis membranes in brackish water desalination

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 481, Issue , 2015, Pages 172-187

  Sweity, Amer ^a   Zere, Tesfalem Rezene ^a   David, Inbal ^b   Bason, Sarit ^b   Oren, Yoram ^a   Ronen, Zeev ^a   Herzberg, Moshe ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Mekorot Israel National Water COLTD   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antiscalants; Biofouling; Brackish water; Desalination; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DESALINATION; FILTRATION; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; PACKED BEDS; PHOSPHORUS; POLYACRYLATES; PULP MANUFACTURE; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ANTI-SCALANTS; BACTERIAL DEPOSITION; BIOFILM DEVELOPMENT; BRACKISH WATER; BRACKISH WATER DESALINATIONS; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

BRACKISH WATER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYACRYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOFOULING; CELL SURFACE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESALINATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84923322534     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.02.003     Document Type: Article

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